McGinley to Serve as Trump’s White House Counsel
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump kept up his fast and furious pace in creating his next administration, naming William “Bill” McGinley, a Cabinet secretary in his first term, to serve as his White House counsel.
In announcing the appointment, Trump said McGinley is a “smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda while fighting for election integrity and against the weaponization of law enforcement.”
McGinley received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and his Master of Arts degree in history from California State University at Long Beach.
He received his Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University Law School in 1997.
Following law school, McGinley served as deputy general counsel to the Republican National Committee and was counsel to the Standing Committee on Rules for the party.
He also served as general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
McGinley worked for the law firm Patton Boggs where he became a partner and co-chair of the Election Law Practice Group. He later became a partner at Jones Day.
McGinley was counsel to the Convention Rules Committee of the 2012 Republican National Convention. During the convention he pushed the credentials committee to replace 10 Maine delegates for Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 10 who supported Utah Sen. Mitt Romney.
McGinley was hired by the Trump presidential campaign in April 2016, and after the election, McGinley was appointed White House Cabinet secretary, a post in which he served as chief liaison between the Trump White House and federal government agencies. He resigned from that position in July 2019.
More recently, McGinley has been a partner at the D.C. law firm of Holtzman Vogel.
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